JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000
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                          Metric tons             Million yen     
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Fishery Products         2000       1999         2000       1999
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Live:
Eel, adult             14,356      11,628      11,818     18,732
Others                  8,872       9,000      11,223     11,218
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            24          25          28         36
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon    1,498       1,706         827        963
Atlantic salmon        27,596      24,020      17,719     15,986
Yellowfin tuna         35,795      33,405      28,510     27,224
Bluefin tuna            6,505       6,488      17,700     16,998
Bigeye tuna            21,969      24,085      19,119     20,999
Southern bluefin tuna   3,275       2,964       6,996      6,384
Sea bream               1,235       1,453         887      1,076
Billfish                1,932       1,786       1,438      1,373
Frozen                       
Swordfish               1,738       1,473       1,482      1,244
Pacific sockeye        54,078      53,621      26,946     34,462
Pacific coho           66,910      53,765      33,534     31,877
Other Pacific salmon   14,124      24,995       3,764      6,219
Pink salmon            59,829      63,444      28,491     35,797
Atlantic salmon         6,633      15,777       3,171      8,031
Other salmon            1,222       1,068         627        546
Halibut                32,125      27,395      12,156     10,446
Albacore tuna           1,474       1,790         371        358
Yellowfin tuna        100,641      71,739      26,511     26,304
Skipjack               77,490      76,087       4,503      6,104
Bluefin tuna            2,065       1,769       4,208      3,063
Bigeye tuna           112,765     108,831      77,045     89,548
Herring                52,077      65,468       6,314      9,094
Cod                    27,109      24,323       8,313      7,383
Mackerel              158,909     169,880      17,507     21,018
Mero                   10,207       8,201       7,436      6,211
Jack mackerel          62,300      63,981       6,527      6,886
Sea bream               5,259       4,868       1,249      1,221
Capelin                32,546      32,995       6,060      6,978
Billfish                6,510       8,708       1,645      1,996
Spanish mackerel        1,765       1,937         553        643
Rockfish               47,837      45,955      11,173     11,513
Sablefish              14,144      15,398      14,141     14,029
Herring roe             5,660       4,600       2,732      1,961
Pollock roe            30,507      41,677      59,196     54,289
Mero, fillet            6,451       8,784       7,283     10,167
Swordfish, fillet       1,231       1,506         703        733
Pollock surimi        106,505     103,740      22,321     29,234
Cod Surimi             17,577      20,121       3,206      4,736
Threadfin bream        49,741      45,098       9,297      9,521
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             8,510       7,747      12,897     13,037
Pollock roe             1,970       2,472       3,572      3,723
Salmon roe              4,662       4,888       6,872      7,452
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin              7,897       7,077       5,169      4,672
Arkshell                8,252       9,962       4,198      4,528
Spiny lobster           2,380       2,448       6,979      7,008
King crab              20,948      20,698      12,361     11,673
Tanner crab            27,113      20,298       8,627      7,069
Blue crab               1,506       1,412       1,881      1,923
Other crab              5,004       5,523       3,899      5,056
Oyster                 15,900      12,485      10,147      8,327
Clam                   23,487      26,360       5,457      5,695
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster           7,394       6,157      14,084      9,912
Lobster                 1,446       1,360       2,918      2,667
Shrimp                246,627     247,314     297,938    280,645
King crab              22,190      24,760      37,727     35,747
Tanner crab            33,807      42,634      35,996     39,496
Blue crab              12,886       6,966       5,621      3,099
Other crab                839       1,123         599        797
European cuttlefish    12,948      15,036       5,605      6,448
Octopus               116,260     103,248      38,940     45,009
Scallop                   419         746         414        858
Other cuttlefish       28,478      28,337      17,246     18,414
Squid                   2,249      13,505         413      1,877
Abalone                   351         341       1,508      1,344
Salted/dried                 
Squid                   1,345         695         915        556
Sea urchin roe            446         371       1,342      1,114
Jellyfish              10,858      10,884       3,920      4,775
Seaweed, dried          6,923       6,512       3,825      4,189
Seaweed, salted        24,295      29,892       2,603      3,601
Prepared                     
Eel                    71,313      56,717      84,948     77,673
Canned crab               102         118         270        228
Fish meal             333,463     340,717      19,028     23,071

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Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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